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Persuasion as a Catalyst for Change

A Principal's Reflections

After reading his book Drive a few years back my professional practice was significantly changed for the better. The power of social media then connected the both of us leading to him Skyping with the students at New Milford High School, a personal dialogue over the years, and his endorsement of my new book on Digital Leadership.

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How a Portrait Project Showed Teachers Through a Whole New Lens

Cult of Pedagogy

Then last September, I was reading a book on photography and I learned about a woman named Kathy Ryan. She started an amazing Instagram account and eventually published a book called Office Romance , a copy of which I picked up for myself. Often, they contributed their own concepts or ideas for poses.

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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

The Hechinger Report

Now, with a new book coming out in May, provocatively titled “MATH- ish ,” Boaler is fighting back. She had written a book, “What’s Math Got to Do with It?: It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics. I see it as a form of knowledge suppression.”

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How four universities graduate their low-income students at much higher rates than average

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report In New Jersey, the Educational Opportunity Fund, established in the aftermath of the 1967 Newark riots, helps cover college costs like books, fees and room and board for low-income students. The program is making it possible for Reyes Velasco to attend Montclair State and live in a dorm.

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Designing and Facilitating Learning for an Alternating A-B Hybrid Schedule

Catlin Tucker

For example, a social science teacher covering early American history could complement that work with a question like, “ What did it mean to be an American? ASCD posted the chapter from his book on essential questions titled “What Makes a Question Essential? ” which has a collection of excellent examples.

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Common Core Reading Resource: Smithsonian Tween Tribune

Catlin Tucker

My book Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology will be published in June 2015 by Corwin. Teachers can search by topic–animals, art, book reviews, education, science, sports, technology, world news– or they can search by Lexile levels. Just in time for summer reading!

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Would You Rather: Transfer and Apply

Catlin Tucker

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)